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Have always loved this building, and a lot of attendees of last week's Michigan Historic Preservation Network annual conference in downtown Flint (which the Flint Journal did not feature despite receiving press releases and media info) asked about it. Also, (and this isn't a complaint against the Journal, but a LOT of writers) careful using "1800s." Though technically correct, it always makes me think of early 19th century, rather than "late 19th century," which would apply to this building. Other than that, love seeing this building fixed up.

Please please correct the spelling of "announces" in the headline. I know it's a little picky thing that has nothing to do with the story, but it makes me cringe each time I scroll past it. It's the headline, for goodness sake! Thank you!

Is this article supposed to be a news article or an op-ed? The article is dripping with sarcasm and is not appropriate as a straight news item. As a news writer, you should strive to take your own feelings out of a story, and in this article, particularly with the headline and the last paragraph, you fail miserable.

However, if this is supposed to be an opinion piece, then by all means, be sarcastic.

The way I understood it is that the two left for Arizona through Freeland's airport, which is Saginaw County, and then came back with the weed through Flint. It also sounds like Saginaw police were investigating them before the trip took place. The only reason Flint is involved is because they brought the drugs through the Flint airport.

Ok, whoa there. I remember being a wreckless college student not too long ago, and putting my debit card in my jeans pocket, and when I went to find it, it wasn't there. Turns out, cards like that get pushed out of jeans pockets when you get in and out of your car. Luckily, mine fell out into my car. Maybe this girl wasn't so lucky and it fell out in a parking lot.

The point is, someone is using her card without permission. Regardless of how she lost it, it's still against the law and needs to be investigated.

I don't think $8 is very much for a toddler, especially with all of the activities and things going on at Christmas. Greenfield Village might be free until the age of 5, but once they hit 5, it's $16! I live out of state, unfortunately, and can only take my toddler to Crossroads maybe once a season. If I lived closer, I'd buy an annual pass and go as much as I want during the summer and Christmas.

As for the trees, it's a lot easier to keep fake trees looking nice and green throughout the season and beyond, and they are a lot less messy, so it's a win-win as far as I see it.

Power, I believe the City of Grand Blanc is having the survey done for planning purposes, not necessarily for tourism. Surveying historic properties and having them as part of a city's master plan is I believe one step towards becoming a CLG, though I don't know if that's part of Grand Blanc's plan or not. CLGs are eligible for more grant money.

If this was a survey I was working on, I would also evaluate individual buildings and potential historic districts for National Register of Historic Preservation status.

The students are documenting historic properties, not archiving. Once the survey is finished, the survey report might be placed in an the U of M archive, or the results may be archived with similar collections in the City of Grand Blanc office.

Tippelskirch, I never took a history class in high school so I can't really say for sure, but one of the most valuable things I learned as a public history major in college is how to research history for myself. That is what is so great about local history - it's not distant. There are so many primary resources at anyone's disposal that you don't have to rely on anyone "teaching" you history, you just look and see for yourself.

Then again, I think a big roadblock today is that we are so reliant on someone teaching us something rather than us learning how to find out for ourselves.

Of course. Knowing local history makes walking down the street so much more interesting. I liked it so much, it's what I do for a living.

I think it's kinda sad that some (not all, but a lot) of the older generation take young people's interest in history, local or otherwise, for granted. I remember when I was a few years younger, maybe 20 or 21, and I visited a certain local historical society (I won't mention names, because I plan to rejoin when I move back to the area) to join and volunteer my services as a public history grad and historic preservation major, and the person I was talking to sort of glazed over and went on a tangent talking about another young girl majoring in education who had volunteered at the museum for community service credit working with kids. I tried to explain more about what I was studying and how it could benefit the historical society, but I don't think they understood, and I was young and didn't press the matter.

A different time, when I joined a different historical society (in another state), they could only laud how my membership brought down the average age of its members, and then immediately volunteered me to be the Website Coordinator, since I was "young and understood that kind of stuff..."

Personally, I think learning more about the local history of Flint, or the rest of the county would instill pride in residents, young and old. Even the tough history is valuable. In Flint, for example, how many people really know what those buildings down on Water Street were used for? Or that part of Atwood Stadium used to be an island in the middle of the Flint River? Or what "Vehicle City" on the arches downtown is really talking about?

Ok, all I am reading are attacks on Moore and attacks on republicans. Allow me to try to interject a little logic into this conversation. I think the execution was a mistake, however, the Governor of Georgia did not have any power to pardon him, nor did the business owners or other residents of the state of Georgia have any say in the matter. I believe just the review board and the state supreme court did, two entities which hardly "run" the state of Georgia. I could be wrong, but regardless, the State of Georgia is not at fault for the execution.

Also, am I mistaken that this execution could have been stopped at a federal level? Either through the Federal Supreme Court or Presidential pardon? Where is the outcry about that?

Personally, I disagree with the execution, I dislike Moore, I'm right-leaning, and though a Genesee County native, I'm currently living in the evil evil state of Georgia. But regardless of all that, I still think a boycott of the state is stupid, and probably just an attempt to interject himself into a newstory and drum up attention for his book or whatever he is hawking lately.

A little, but not necessarily. When I was in school there was a zero hour that started an hour before the rest of class at 7:15am. Also, there are sometimes programs, club meet ups, etc that meet before school starts. They aren't saying much about the school, presumedly to protect her identity, so who knows.